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| Bhanvi Satija / Reuters: |
Intel appoints former board member and chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO, effective March 18, and says he'll rejoin the board; INTC jumps 11%+ after hours — Struggling U.S. chipmaker Intel (INTC.O) on Wednesday named former board member Lip-Bu Tan as its CEO effective March 18 …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Niantic Labs says it is selling its video game division, including Pokémon Go, to Saudi Arabia-owned developer Scopely for $3.5B, subject to regulatory approval — The $3.5 billion Scopely deal could bring Niantic's AR gaming catalog under Saudi ownership.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils Gemma 3, the “world's best single-accelerator model”, running on a single GPU, in 1B, 4B, 12B, and 27B sizes, and says it outperforms Llama-405B — Following version 1 in February 2024 and 2 in May, Google today announced Gemma 3 as its latest open model for developers.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google DeepMind launches two AI models, Gemini 2.0-based Robotics and Robotics-ER, to help robots “perform a wider range of real-world tasks than ever before” — Gemini Robotics also makes robots more dexterous, allowing them to perform more precise tasks, like folding a piece of paper.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sources: Sonos has abandoned plans to release a streaming video player, which was set to be the company's major hardware launch in 2025 — The device, codenamed Pinewood, was set to be the company's major hardware launch in 2025. … Sonos has abandoned plans to release a streaming video player …
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| Bloomberg: |
Roomba maker iRobot warns of “substantial doubt” over its ability to continue operating, after Amazon abandoned a $1B+ takeover in January 2024; IRBT drops 35%+ — IRobot Corp., the consumer robotics company that Amazon.com Inc. once planned to buy for more than $1 billion … | Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
The US FTC says it will meet the deadlines for its Amazon Prime deceptive practices case, hours after asking a judge for a delay due to staffing shortfalls — The Federal Trade Commission said it will meet the deadlines for its Amazon Prime deceptive practices case, hours after requesting a delay due to resource constraints.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: an Xbox-branded Asus handheld may debut this year as part of Microsoft's effort to unify Windows and Xbox into a universal library of Xbox and PC games — Microsoft's next-gen Xbox platform is shaping up. — Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer warned in November … | TechCrunch: |
Indian police arrest Aleksej Besciokov, the co-founder of Garantex, a Russian crypto exchange sanctioned by the EU and the US, at the request of US authorities — Indian police have arrested the co-founder of Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the European Union … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
In its final decision report, the UK CMA finds that Apple and Google's mobile browser duopoly is “holding back innovation”, but offers no enforcement action — A U.K. competition authority investigation of Apple and Google's mobile browsers has concluded that the mobile duopoly's policies are …
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| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
Thoughts on using LLMs for coding, which can often be difficult and unintuitive, and why “vibe coding” is a fantastic way to explore the capabilities of LLMs — Online discussions about using Large Language Models to help write code inevitably produce comments from developers who's experiences have been disappointing.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the FTC moves ahead with an antitrust probe of Microsoft opened by Lina Khan, signaling that new Chair Andrew Ferguson prioritizes Big Tech scrutiny — FTC staff in recent weeks have continued to work on the investigation, meeting with companies and other groups to gather information …
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
Google calls the passage of Utah's app store age-verification bill “concerning” and part of an effort by Meta and others to “offload” kids' safety to app stores — Google has its own ideas about what kids online safety legislation should look like.
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| Associated Press: |
Investigation: AI-powered student monitoring tool Gaggle, used to track ~6M US students, isn't always secure, and there's no research showing it boosts safety — One student asked a search engine, “Why does my boyfriend hit me?” Another threatened suicide in an email to an unrequited love.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Supabase, which bills itself as an open-source alternative to Google's Firebase, is raising $100M+ in a round led by Accel, valuing the company at ~$2B — Accel is leading the funding round of more than $100 million. — Supabase Inc., an open source developer platform … | Financial Times: |
Amazon, Google, and Meta sign a pledge, alongside Occidental, Dow, and others, to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050; Microsoft and Apple didn't sign — Tech giants join banks in calling for new power stations to meet growing energy demands and combat climate change| Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal: |
Food delivery startup Wonder acquires the media company Tastemade, sources say for around $90M, the latest step in its effort to create a mealtime “super app” — Wonder CEO Marc Lore hopes the company will one day offer AI-powered autonomous food ordering for all three meals of the day
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| Reuters: |
Sources: TSMC has pitched Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and Qualcomm about taking stakes in a JV to run Intel Foundry; TSMC would hold no more than a 50% stake — TSMC (2330.TW) has pitched U.S. chip designers Nvidia (NVDA.O), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) and Broadcom (AVGO.O) …
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X: @mingchikuo and @rwang07
Forums: r/intel, r/hardware, r/NVDA_Stock, and r/wallstreetbets
| Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: |
French publishers and authors sue Meta for allegedly training AI models on their books without consent, say they have evidence of “massive” copyright breaches — SNE, the trade association representing major French publishers including Hachette and Editis, along … | Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Adobe reports Q1 revenue up 10% YoY to $5.71B, vs. $5.66B est., Digital Media revenue up 11% to $4.23B, and issues a disappointing outlook for Q2 revenue growth — Sales in the period ending in May will be $5.77 billion to $5.82 billion, the company said Wednesday in a statement.| Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: |
Spotify says it paid $10B+ in royalties in 2024, “the largest in music history”, making up 60%+ of its $17.13B+ 2024 revenue, with ~1,500 artists earning $1M+ — Company has long drawn ire from musicians who say streaming model does not remunerate them enoughSponsor Posts
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